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A visit to the Common Street Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Common Street Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Common Street Cemetery (FG ID #1976172)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Common Street Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Common Street Cemetery

Lat:   42.3688°   (42° 22' 7")

Lon:   -71.1781°   (-71° 10' 41")

The Common Street Cemetery is located in Middlesex County<2>.

The county seat for Middlesex County is located in Cambridge. Cambridge lies just to the east of the Common Street Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Common Street Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Common Street Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Common Street Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Common Street Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Watertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Belmont
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • North Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
    • North Village is located in Middlesex County
  • Nonantum ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nonantum have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonantum
    • Nonantum is located in Middlesex County
  • Waverley
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverley
    • Waverley is located in Middlesex County
  • Newtonville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtonville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
    • Newtonville is located in Middlesex County
  • Brighton
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Newton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Newton Centre
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Chestnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
  • Allston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allston have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston
    • Allston is located in Suffolk County
  • Huron Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huron Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village
    • Huron Village is located in Middlesex County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Auburndale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • West Newton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
      • West Newton is located in Middlesex County
    • Eliot
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Newton Highlands
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
      • Arlington Heights is located in Middlesex County
    • Brookline
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cambridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Arlington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Waltham
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Riverview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Newton Lower Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton Lower Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Lower Falls
      • Newton Lower Falls is located in Middlesex County
    • Waban
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Newton Upper Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton Upper Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Upper Falls
      • Newton Upper Falls is located in Middlesex County
    • Westbrook Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westbrook Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
      • Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County
    • Brookline Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookline Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village
      • Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County
    • Somerville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • West Medford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Medford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Medford
      • West Medford is located in Middlesex County

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Common Street Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Middlesex County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Common Street Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Common Street Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Common Street Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #600887  (Common Street Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #600887 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Newton
    • County: Middlesex         Elev: 76
    • Location given for GNIS #600887 (Common Street Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1976172

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Common Street Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3688, Longitude: -71.1781    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.

When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.

<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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